Improvement in churns



B. GRAHAM.

Churn.

APatented June 5, 1866.

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PATENT OEEICEo BENJAMIN GRAHAM, OF LYONS, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,281, dated June 5, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatrl, BENJAMIN GRAHAM, of Lyons, county of Clinton, State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dairy-Ohurns; and I do hereby declare that the followin g is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View; Fig. 2, a transverse section on line Z, Fig. l, Fig. 3, a longitudinal section; Fig. 4, a view of the screen P in Figs. 2 and 3.

To enable others to make and Lise my invention, I will proceed to describe its const-ruction and operation.

I construct the body of the churn H, dasher C, the cog-wheel D, and pinions fand E, and vessel a in the ordinary manner. I then attach to the shaft of the pinion f a beater constructed of wood or metal, inclosing it in a box, as shown. The bottom of this box consists of a screen made of wire-cloth or anything' that will answer its purpose. This screen is tted on a circle, as shown at P, Fig. 2. Then below this screen a little distance I place a shield made of any material that will answer. This shield is also on a circle, as shown at S,

ing of from it at each end to body of churn.

The shield prevents the dasher from forcing back any of the cream or butter into the screen I, thereby clogging its action.

The pinion j' is on a square shaft, and can be easily put in or out of gear. The caps O and T are easily removed, and thereby giving ample room to cleanse the various parts of the churn.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The beater B, the screen l?, and the shield S, all for the purposes as above set forth.

B. GRAHAM.

Witnesses:

W. W. SANBORN, S. P. MELICK. 

